Financial Services & Investment Recruiter

The Role

Our role is your opportunity to shape the future of talent acquisition. Are you interested?

Key Accountabilities

• Act as a Trusted Adviser
• Build strong partnerships with Recruiters and Hiring Managers to deliver an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Lead recruiting discussions and be recognised as a thought leader in sourcing strategy.
• Partner with sourcing and talent intelligence experts to develop effective strategies, using market insights to influence hiring outcomes from the start of the process.
• Deliver high-quality candidate shortlists with accurate, complete information and clear recommendations to support informed hiring decisions.
• Share candidate feedback, challenges, and successes with Recruiters and Hiring Managers, recommending adjustments to recruitment strategies (e.g., alternative locations, talent pools, job description updates).
• Attract, Source & Engage High-Calibre Talent
• Demonstrate innovative thinking and ongoing professional development to help clients hire top talent, including passive candidates.
• Create and post compelling, accurate job adverts that strengthen the client brand and attract strong applicants.
• Develop sourcing strategies using appropriate channels (e.g., LinkedIn, social media), adopting a proactive search approach for niche and specialist roles.
• Use data to measure sourcing effectiveness, continuously refine strategies, and share successes and insights.
• Engage candidates professionally across multiple channels (email, LinkedIn, phone), regularly headhunting specialist talent.
• Gain insight into candidate skills, motivations, and career aspirations to inform selection decisions.
• Maintain regular communication with candidates throughout the recruitment process and build long-term talent pools.
• Present candidates accurately and compellingly to clients, advocating for diverse and bias-free selection processes.
• Track progress, performance, and data in relevant systems.
• Value Candidate Experience
• Champion candidates through honest, meaningful career discussions that bring the client brand to life.
• Ensure candidates feel supported and informed throughout the recruitment journey.
• Build lasting relationships so candidates become long-term advocates, regardless of hiring outcomes.

Skills & Requirements

• Proven experience recruiting across the financial services sector, including wealth management, asset management, and private equity.
• Strong understanding of specialized talent markets, industry-specific roles, and the unique hiring challenges within this space.
• Extensive experience managing high-volume recruitment, effectively handling multiple requisitions simultaneously while maintaining quality and speed of delivery.
• Proven expertise of end-to-end recruitment experience, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management, and stakeholder consultation.
• Strong ability to assess and evaluate recruitment expertise, demonstrating deep knowledge of sourcing strategies, talent mapping, competency-based interviewing, and selection methodologies.
• Highly developed relationship management skills, building trusted partnerships with hiring managers, candidates, and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work autonomously, managing priorities independently while delivering against agreed timelines and objectives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement capability, confidently advising, influencing, and managing expectations at multiple levels within the organisation.
• Resilience and adaptability in fast-paced, high-demand recruitment environments.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills to balance competing demands in high-volume settings.
• High attention to quality, ensuring accuracy and compliance across all recruitment processes.
• Accountability and ownership, taking full responsibility for delivery outcomes and service excellence.
• Advanced proficiency in adhering to recruitment processes, governance frameworks, and best practice guidelines.

About Us

Millions look to us to progress their careers. We look to you.

Global, culturally diverse, inclusive, and innovative - welcome to AMS, where talent is our world. Over the last two decades, AMS has redefined the landscape of talent outsourcing and consulting. From pioneering the concept of RPO to continually revolutionising how organisations approach talent acquisition, AMS stands as a world leader in the industry. Committed, engaged, and inspired, we feel a real sense of belonging, and all have one thing in common: a real passion for talent. Become part of this world and make a difference with us. Learn more about AMS.